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2022-12-25

2022-12-25

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery is a 2022 American mystery film written and directed by Rian Johnson, and produced by Johnson and Ram Bergman. It is a standalone sequel to the 2019 film Knives Out, and the second installment in the Knives Out film series. Glass Onion sees Daniel Craig return as master detective Benoi…

Avatar: The Way of Water
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Avatar: The Way of Water
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Avatar: The Way of Water is a 2022 American epic science fiction film directed by James Cameron and written by Cameron, …

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Franco Harris
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Franco Harris was an American professional football player who was a fullback for 13 seasons in the National Football Le…

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On This Day

10 events
2024
Aircraft_systems
After the loss of aircraft systems, Azerbaijan Airlines Flight 8243 crashed near Aktau International Airport while attempting to perform an emergency landing after being hit by a Russian defense missile.
2016
Tupolev_Tu-154
A Tupolev Tu-154 of the Russian Defence Ministry crashed into the Black Sea shortly after taking off from Sochi International Airport, killing all 92 people on board.
2009
Northwest_Airlines_Flight_253
Aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear.
2009
Longford
A fire destroyed Longford's 19th-century St Mel's Cathedral, considered the "flagship cathedral" of the Irish midlands.
2007
San_Francisco_Zoo
A tiger at the San Francisco Zoo escaped from its enclosure and attacked three patrons before it was shot and killed.
2000
Vladimir_Putin
Russian president Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill officially adopting a new national anthem, with music by Alexander Vasilyevich Alexandrov originally composed for the anthem of the Soviet Union.
1991
Mikhail_Gorbachev
In a nationally televised speech, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as President of the Soviet Union.
1990
Tim_Berners-Lee
British computer programmer Tim Berners-Lee introduced WorldWideWeb, the world's first web browser and WYSIWYG HTML editor.
1989
Romanian_revolution
Romanian Revolution: Communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife Elena were condemned to death on a wide range of charges and executed.
1968
Tamil_Nadu
In Tamil Nadu, India, families of striking Dalit workers were massacred by a gang, allegedly led by their landlords.

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